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Woman faces life sentence for killing of Bacup man

A WOMAN is facing a life sentence for killing her boyfriend and keeping his body in a wheelie bin in her bedroom in south London for 11 days.

Karen Otmani, 42, was found guilty at the Old Bailey of murdering Shaun Corey, also 42, from Bacup.

After doping his beer, Otmani tied him to her bed before smothering him at her home in Stanstead Road, Forest Hill, on June 4, last year.

She then hid his body in the green bin for 11 days before a police search revealed what she had done, the court heard.

Otmani, had been talking about getting rid of her on-off lover and had even asked another boyfriend to experiment with some blue liquid to see if it would knock him out. Bobbie Cheema, prosecuting, told the jury: "When she began to speak about killing Mr Corey, he did not take it seriously."

Mr Corey was heard arguing with Otmani in her bedroom before they were joined by Bernard Beddoe, 60, who she called uncle.

New boyfriend Keith Jones rang police after visiting the flat and being told 'He's in there'.